Strategic bombing of Japan

GPTKB entity

Properties (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military strategy
gptkbp:aimsTo destroy industrial capacity
gptkbp:bombLoad gptkb:Hiroshima
Nagasaki
gptkbp:criticism ethical implications
targeting civilians
long-term effects on health
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
gptkbp:enemy gptkb:Tokyo
gptkbp:followedBy occupation_of_Japan
war_crime_trials
gptkbp:hasPrograms Axis powers
demoralize the enemy
force unconditional surrender
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Strategic bombing of Japan
gptkbp:includes firebombing raids
gptkbp:influenced technological advancements in aviation
air power doctrine
post-war_Japanese_reconstruction
gptkbp:involved gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for air warfare tactics
gptkbp:is_a_key_component_of total war strategy
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of debate among historians
gptkbp:is_aimed_at disrupting supply lines
Japanese_war_production
gptkbp:is_characterized_by high-altitude bombing missions
strategic air campaigns
gptkbp:is_involved_in napalm
gptkbp:is_part_of defeat_Japan
Allied_strategy
gptkbp:is_studied_in military historians
gptkbp:is_supported_by intelligence operations
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Japanese_surrender
gptkbp:opposedBy military necessity
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:US_Army_Air_Forces
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:General_Curtis_LeMay
1945
several months
naval blockades
ending the war quickly
gptkbp:precededBy conventional bombing campaigns
gptkbp:resultedIn significant civilian casualties
destruction of cultural heritage
gptkbp:significantEvent military history
gptkbp:targets Japanese_cities
gptkbp:utilizes B-29_Superfortress_bombers
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in Cold_War_dynamics
the_end_of_World_War_II.
Japan's_military_defeat
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:Japanese_expansionism
gptkb:Pearl_Harbor_attack
gptkbp:was_a_result_of air superiority
gptkbp:was_marked_by high civilian death tolls